The agriculture sector’s adaptation to climate change in Africa remains severely underfunded, say stakeholders after the U.N.

Extreme rainfall and flooding across Sudan, Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria and Chad this year led to thousands of deaths and millions of displacements, mirroring what occurred in the region in 2022.

African climate negotiators at the COP29 climate conference in Azerbaijan have delivered a clear and urgent message – climate diplomacy must hold steady amid escalating global crises, from wars in ...

Extreme weather is creating fertile ground for conflict in multiple regions of Africa, the Pentagon’s top Africa official said Tuesday. It’s also threatening the U.S.’s ability to maintain military ...

Delegates walk past a backdrop for the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) during the opening of the High-Level Leaders Summit in Addis Ababa, on September 8, 2025. Delegates walk past a backdrop for ...

I am a proud Nigerian and a proud African. I am also a philanthropist and entrepreneur—and I have seen firsthand that to effectively tackle climate change within the African context, from Egypt to ...

Prices of cocoa surged by 136% between July 2022 and February 2024, and climate extremes in West Africa’s cocoa belt, which produces 70% of the world’s cocoa, are partly to blame. Cocoa — the main ...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - 23 June 2025 - The Climate Security Mechanism (CSM) at the United Nations, jointly with the United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU), concluded the 2025 CSM ...

As Valentine's Day approaches, the craving for chocolate intensifies. But chocolate continues to face a significant challenge: Climate change is threatening cacao production, particularly in West ...

The United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU) and the Climate Security Mechanism (CSM), with support from the Government of Switzerland, successfully concluded a two-day Africa Climate, Peace ...